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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
Inns In the Orient.

South of the Balkan Mountains, says
Thomas Stevens in the New York Sun,
the traveller bids farewell to hotels for
the time being, except at such points as
Constantinople or Philippopolis. The
mehana Of the Orient, with all its dis
comforts and denominations, takes the
place Of the European village inn. Ono
now finds himself among people who
know nothing of Western comfort. AT
the wayside mehana the accommoda-
tions are of the rudest kind. Instead
of a soft bed, the traveller may consider
himself fortunate il he can obtain tat
tered quilt or blanket in which to curl
himself up on the floor, or on a bench.
He may consider himself more fortunate
still if these casual articles are reason
ably free from vermin. All of them are
tenanted more or less, and extraordinary
precautions must be taken for
self protection. The food obtain
able at the mehana is equally
abominable. Black bread, some
times SO hard that it has to be
soaked in water before it can be eaten,
a jar Of malodorous substance supposed
to be soft cheese, and villainous spirits
called mastic is the regular stock in
trade of the mehana cuisine. If the
fates are propitious, one may perchance
be able to obtain an egg or two, or a
chicken, and small cups of strong black
coffee are usually to be had also. The
proprietor, greasy, sheepskin-clad in
dividual, will undertake to cook the
eggs or chicken if requested. If left
to follow his own devices, he will boil
| the eggs hard and cut the chicken up in
little pieces and stew it. The seasoning
will be small chunk of rock salt.
After crossing the Bosporus into Ash
attic Turkey, there is change of name
from mehana to khan, but there is little
or no change in the institution ITSELF
The khan exists only along the regular
post routes. In the remote villages one
has to depend entirely on the hospitality
of the people. To the credit of the
Turks, let it be said that no matter what
their shortcomings may be in other di-
rections, they are always hospitable.
The Refs, or head man of. the village, is
always ready to do the honors of the
occasion upon the arrival of traveller.
In his rude house, often but mere mud
hut, with stable and dwelling rooms all
beneath the same low flat roof, the
stranger is sure of shelter and the best
food the village affords. No payment
is exacted for this, but the proper thing
is to make presents of money to the
Reis's children in return for what one
has received.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
A "Lucky Piece"

Two ladies met on Woodward avenue.
As they stopped to speak one Of them
dropped her pocketbook, and the money
in it rolled out on the sidewalk.
'Too bad" said the other as she as
sisted her friend to restore the contents; ;
'it's such bad luck to drop money unless
it belongs to someone else"
~ don't mind,n answered the owner
OF the pocketbook, "because you see /
carry lucky piece"
This habit of carrying piece of
money for luck has become something
more than superstition since it is a
practice common among all classes.
~ wouldn't take hundred dollars
for that sixpence," said staid business
man recently. 81 found it in my moth
er's purse when she died, and l have
always kept it as souvenir"
He did not say that it brought him
luck or that he had any superstition
connected with it, but he unconsciously
valued it as a charm.
There is piece of bone that is taken
from fish, called sleeps head which
shows plainly the imprint of the letter
a." Theatrical people value this very
highly as lucky piece.
The Scotch have fashion of handing
back trifing bit of coin when pay
ment is made. This is called lucky
penny, and is always carefully treas
ured.
1t is almost impossible to find pocket
book that does not have some trifiing
charm in it to bring luck to its owner.
1t may be coin, a stone, chickens
wish-bone, a childs first tooth or a
smooth sixpence, but it is expected to
accomplish some or all of these missions
Keep off disease; avert the evil eye;
protect the person carrying it from
bodily harm; bring prosperity in busi-
ness, love, courtship and marriage;
thwart the evil designs of enemies; in
sure safe journey and perform many
other apparent miracles. - Detroit Free
| Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
A Mild Hint.

They had been sitting in contempla-
tive silence for a long time, when viii
liam musingly said: II think, Naomi,
that there is great deal of wisdom in
that old saying: Silence is golden"
There may be, but gold is unhandy.
l would rather have BILL"
1t took him an hour to "catch on,
but he finally offered himself. -[Lincoln
Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
,JapaneSe Children.

The children are great feature of
Japanese life. They swarm everywhere;
the houses are full of them; the streets
overflow with them. They seem bless
ing vouchsafed in a peculiar degree to
the japanese. Little tots hardly able
to walk themselves carry, fastened to
their backs, tiny infants, for whose
heads often trembled, as they are al
lowed to hang down in such fashion
as to seem on the point of breaking off
any minute. The rising generation of
Japan seems to delight in mere exist
ence; these tiny atoms of humanity
sport in the sunshine, as a rule
most scantily clad, roll over in the dust,
run and skip, all overlooking with the
jolliest mirth. Their parents seem to
idolize them; nowhere have l seen so
many men occupying themselves with
children as did in Japan. The whole
character of the people is hild-like,
especially in the interior, where they
have had no chance to be infected by
the superior knowledge of their western
brethren.
In the villages men can be seen carrying
in their arms babes, leading one or two at
the same time. The smallest hamlet
has shops where nothing else is
sold but toys, and these luxu-
ries are lavished on every japanese
baby The children are, as rule,
pleasant to look upon, with their little
round and plump faces and short hair
which on boys heads is allowed to grow
all around the head shorn to about two
or three inches in length, with a round
spot in the centre on the top of the
crown shaved bare. The dolls that
come to our toy stores from Japan are
faithful images of their children. Fly
ing paper dragons is one of their favor
lite games, and the skill expended on the
ornamentation of these is astonishing.
A peculiar custom is the hosting of an
immense paper fish, painted claborately,
on pole in front of house where a
baby is born. = The Overland Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
Intelligence in the Horse.

A horse belonging to truckman
named Mccormack, whose stand is in
South street, near the dry docks, is fed
every day exactly at noon, which time is
generally announced by the steam
whistles of Hecker's mills. If the en-
gineer is a minute or two late in pulling
his string it can be told by the action of
the horse that always puts his forelegs
upon the curbstone at the second of
high meridian. His habit is known to
all of the calkers, and they sometime,
knock off by old Macs horse. One Of
the specialties in the varied character
Of the loads that he pulls are 100-pound
bundles of old copper sheathing that is
stripped from ship bottoms. Two score
is a load, and if but 10 are put upon the
cart he doesn't bulge unless urged, but
when the twentieth is tossed on then he
shakes his harness and braces up for the
word to go.
A horse that stands before wagon in
front of Vesey street concern is treated
every day to an apple by benevolent
old gentleman. He pokcs it into the
strap muzzle and the horse munches it
with the greatest satisfaction. Not
withstanding his blinds he knows, amid
those of all the throng of passers-by, the
welcome step of his friend and manifcsts
his delight in various ways. A few
days ago the old gentleman hurried by
without stopping, but the horse was not
to be put off from his accustomed It'd
bit, and so soon as he noticed the neg
lect he started to follow, much to the
surprise of the driver. Later on the
apple was given to him, and he ceased
his nervous action. Refuse-cart horses,
whose owners are in the employment of
the street cleaning department, are thor
oughly posted about their duties and
need no prodding. They spot an ash
can and pull the cart to the point nearest
to it, and when they hear the tinality of
the noise Of the dump they start off for
the next can. Car horses stop and go
at the sound of the conductors gong.
And it is told of grand marshal of a
procession that when he was practicing
with his horse preliminary to the day of
parade he was annoyed by the persistent
efforts of the animal to stop at certain
houses. He had hired him from retail
milkman. = N. Y. Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27

''A1y dear, can you change ten for
met" asked the wife of penurious hus-
band when company was present.
yes" he answered, with a wild,
dazed look, not understanding how his
wife was possessed of so much money,
twill you have it in small bills2'
II meant ten-cent piece" she said
meekly. Tableau. Detroit Free Press,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
George Was Hnnefnl.

"You understand, George, of course" :"
she said, as she nestled in his arms,
''that shall have no money of my own
until papa passes away. "
81 understand, dear" replied George,
tenderly and hopefully, "yut just
think, love, how feeble your father is"
-[Epoch,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
Lenders in COLLEGE.

Father--Who are the leading men in
your class at college, Tomi
Tom---There is Ed Pender, can curve a
ball around two posts. Tom Smith can
kick 0 feet and inches high, and Andy
Jordan can throw any man in the uni
versity. Our class is going to make a
brilliant record, father. Il Burlington
Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
Celery,

Celery, says New York restaurant
keeper, requires the carefulest kind of
careful cultivation. 1t has to be planted
and transplanted, and then kept heaped
up with dirt. The soil must be rich and
well drained. In Europe it grows wild
in the bitches, and in its native state is
rank, coarse, disagreeable in taste, and
even very poisonous 1t has taken a
long cultivation to civilize celery, and
make it the gentle, delicate thing we
know.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A Song.

Fade, flowers, nowl
Scatter your snow
Over the dying grasses,
Twill not be long
Hush, bird, your song0
Ere the rude north wind passes
Treesl you have played
At masquerade,
Till it is time 'twere ended,
Drowsy earth weaves
A blanket of leaves,
Within your hues are blended. l
Streaml sing aloud!
Picture each cloud,
Mirror the stars in your breasts;
Dance while you may,
Toss your white spray
Soon comes the season of rest!
-IAmy E. Leigh, in Young Peopls
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
So LONDONDERRY VT. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 81 1887.

That night the commodore had not
been asleep very long before he was
reused by the most unearthly caterwaul-
ing that he had ever heard in his life.
He woke with the impression that there
was stack of cats on the foot of.shis
bed. Then he fancied they were at
least on tho window sill of his
room. But presently he became aware
that they were somewhere in the yard
near his window. He could stand it no
longer, and seized loaded pistol that
was in bureau drawer and blazed away,
one, two, three shots, at what seemed to
be the centre of the disturbance in the
yard. Then he heard cry and groan
Of anguish from some human being. He
dressed partially and went out into the
yard, and found there, writhing in pain,
the policeman on the beat, with a ball
from the commodoros revolver in his
leg, He also found large gunny bag
in which was wriggling, plunging
mass of cats, all of them howling now
with fury redoublcd by the episode of
the shooting. The policeman was able
to explain that he had seen what seemed
to be a wild animal of extraordinary
proportions, which made noise like a
hundred cats, plunging around on the
commodore's lawn, and had come over
to investigate; and no sooner had he dis
covered that the object was a big gunny-
bag full of cats, and had prepared to
release the animals, than the commo-
dorc had opened fire on him from the
window, with disastrous effect.
The policeman sued Vanderbilt for
damages, and the commodore had to pay
him thousand dollars to settle-a fact
which became quite generally known.
As to the cats, he knew where they
came from, but the peculiar and untin-
ished nature of the tran saction with the
boys prevented him from mentioning it,
or from breaking his former contract
with the bootblack, who contin-
ued to shine his boots as Of
yore. The day after the commodore
had settled with the policeman the boy
looked up from his box and remarked:
"Sleep well, last night, bossW
The commodore only grunted in re-
sponse
"Any cats, -daysN
The commodore jumped up from the
chair.
''See hcrc!' he exclaimed; chow many
cats did you kill that night?'
"Nincty-threc, boss"
The commodore pulled out his check
book and hastily drew check
'EIere's check for $780," said he,
"and now don't you ever say cats to me
again in your life, nor talk about this
thing to anybody else, or I'll break every
bone in your body"
"Agreed, boss" said the boy, as he
pocketed the check.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
Cnkind,

Young Sampson, who thinks he can
play the cornet, is serenading his girl
when the old gentleman interrupts him
with:
"Here, you'll We don't want fish at
this hour fnight VI Philadelphia News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27

Hoe fabule decent that venerable
men of wealth had best keep their hon
est engagements with small boys, even
if the small boys turn out to be much
smarter than the venerable gentlemen
took them to be, and greatly exceed ex-
pectations in their performances. - Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27

81 wonder what makes those buttons
burst off so1' exclaimed a lady petu-
lently. Force of habit, should thiak, ,
he said softly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27

This story recalls another that is
somewhat like it with different flavor
and local color, however, and quite as
authentic. 1t happened down on the
Cape in time now well gone by, when
Benjamin c. was prominent man
down there, wealthy, and foremost in
good many business enterprises. Old
Mr.. c. was thrifty, like most of the
Cape people with high regard for the
almighty dollar. He had lively,
freckle faced grandson, as agile as a
squirrel, who was named for him, Ben
jamin G. D., since man of a good
deal of prominence on his own account,
and who lived with him. The old gen.
tleman's barn, as good many other old
places have done, became terribly in !.
tested with rats. The old gentleman
was so greatly annoyed that he offered
the boy fifty cents apiece for all the rats
he would catch and show to him, alive
on the premises, precaution to prevent
sharp practice on the part of the youth.
After two or three days little Benjamin
came to old Benjamin and asked him to
step out into the barn. He did so and
was conducted to big disuscd molasses
barrel that stood in the middle of the
barn floor and asked to look into it,
And there ou.thc bottom, was wriggling
mass of rats, three or four deep, strug-
Cling vainly to get out Of tho barrel.
'My gorryw exclaimed the old gen.
tleman. "Where'd you get all these
rats2"
Caught 'em here in the barn, gram
SIR"
GLOW many be theyF'
Eighty. That's just $40, gran'sir. !"
''Forty dollars. Why, amt goin' to
pay you all that money"
"Ain't you9 did MT you agree to,
gran'sirl"
The boy looked up. There was rope
dangling down from the beam above,
that was used to help in climbing up to
the hayloft. Benny pulled himself up
hand over hand on this rope until he
hung suspended over the barrel.
'Ain't you goin' to give me that $40
you agreed to, gran'sirl" said the boy.
''Neverr' said the old man, looking
into the barrel with its squirming mass
of rats
''Well, then, here goes = said the boy.
With lively kick of his foot he up
set the barrel in the direction of his
| grandfather The multitude of rats
poured out around the old mans feet.
He leaped wildly up and down in terror,
and sprang through the mass to a ladder
that s,col near. Then he ran up the
ladder with an agility that he had not
equalled for fifty years. And the rats
resumed possession of the premises.
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The Slow and Deliberativc jap.

The Jap Is very slow and deliberate;
and everything is done on small scale
The houses are diminutive and the rooms
like closets. Because of my desire to
teach the true religion to them have en-
deavered to win their confidence, and to
do this have always acted as though were
one Of them. On reaching the house of the
lady ON whom l wish to call l leave my
shoes at the door and enter the ROOM The
floor is covered with mats three feet long
by two and half wide, lying close to-
gether, making a carpet; on this / kneel
opposite the lady, who is also kneeling,
and we commence bowling and repeating
meaningless phrases. Three bows are
made, the head touching the floor between
the hands, which are placed directly in
front, each bow made slowly, the head
being held on the floor about the space of
time required to count ten.
After the salutation tea Is brought and
placed in front Of me on q little table
about a foot high, and each one in the
room is served in the same manner
There is no furniture in the room, no de-
coratiOns on the walls save in some houses
ne or two scrolls. Many of the pieces of
bric-a-brac received from that country are
made especially for the export trade. For
Instance, these minute fans which you
have used so extensively in decorations
were unknown to me in Japan, and the
little cups and saucers, so artistically and
tastefully colored and SO priced by you
Americans, were made expressly for you,
for the Jap never drinks his tea from q
cup with handle.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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be lny Lady Dalrymple." And Isabel
Lynn pushed him away, with laugh
and II blush.
But Reuben had stolen ito his mas
ter with an ANXIOUS, troubled face.
"NIr. Charles" he breathed, forgetting
the new title. ''have you quite left off
the-the-ptayz You will not take to
it again?"
Never. Reuben" was the grave,
hushed answer. That night, which
you all thought fatal to me, and which
was SO near being so, as stood on the
bridge. looking down on the dark
water, / took Il solemn oath that |
would never again touch card, or any
other incentive to gambling. l never
shall"
God be praised for that" muttered
Reuben.
For that. and for ALL" reverently
answered Charles. "lf l have not
cause to praise Him. who can have?"
Thus the Grange passed away from
one who had shown himself SD untitled
to hold it; and sunshine was restored
under the genial reign of Sir Charles
Oalrymple.
THE END
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